The Painful Way
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 5.09 km / 3.16 miles |
| Elevation gain | 304.2 m / 998 ft |
| Average gradient | 6% |
| Maximum gradient | 117.3% |
| Elevation high | 520.5 m / 1,708 ft |
| Elevation low | 215.1 m / 706 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 30,426.24 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 113,850th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 7,426th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States. |
📉 Places 29th out of 2,564 cycling climbs in Arkansas. |
🥈️ This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Yell County. |
🥇 This is the most difficult cycling climb in Mount Nebo. |
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